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  <H3>Obtaining ACE, TAO, CIAO, and DAnCE</H3>

Welcome to the download page for ACE, TAO, CIAO, and DAnCE which are
open-source middleware developed by the <A
HREF="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/">DOC group</a> that provide that
following capabilities:

<P>

<LI><A HREF="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html">ACE</A> is an
open-source framework that provides many components and <A
HREF="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/POSA">patterns</A> for
developing high-performance, distributed real-time and embedded
systems.  ACE provides powerful, yet efficient abstractions for
sockets, demultiplexing loops, threads, synchronization primitives.
</P>

<P>

<LI><A HREF="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html">TAO</A> (The ACE
ORB) is an open-source implementation of a <A
href="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/corba.html">CORBA</A> Object
Request Broker (ORB) built using components and patterns in the ACE
framework.

</P>

<P>

<LI><A HREF="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/CIAO.html">CIAO</a>
(Component Integrated ACE ORB) is an open-source implementation of the
CORBA Component Model (CCM) built on top of TAO. </P>
</LI>


<LI><A HREF="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/CIAO.html">DAnCE</a>
is an open-source implementation of the
Deployment and Configuration standard (D&C) built on top of TAO. </P>
</LI>

<P>
After downloading a distribution we strongly advice to subscribe at least to
one of the <A
HREF="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ACE-mail.html">announce
mailing lists</A> to stay informed about new releases and
important updates.<P>

<A
HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/support.html">Commercial
support and pre-built versions</A> of ACE, TAO, CIAO, and DAnCE are available
from a number of companies.  <P>

<P>

Doxygen documentation for releases of ACE/TAO/CIAO/DAnCE can be browsed <A
HREF="https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/Doxygen/">online</A>.
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  <H3>Downloading Freely Available Versions of ACE, TAO, CIAO, and DAnCE</H3>

<P>

Our process for developing and releasing ACE, TAO, and CIAO, as well
as the role of major, minor, and micro release is described in
detail in the DOC group's <A
HREF="http://htmlpreview.github.com/?https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/blob/master/ACE/docs/ACE-development-process.html">
development and release process</A> document.  Please check that
document to decide which version below is more appropriate for your
case.  You may want to understand the DOC group's <A
HREF="http://htmlpreview.github.com/?https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/blob/master/ACE/docs/ACE-bug-process.html">
bug fixing policies</A> when you make this decision.  </P>The full
packages do contain all sources with pre generated makefiles for GNU
make, Visual Studio 2017/2019. The
sources-only packages just contain the source code, you have to generate
your own makefiles with MPC.  </P>
<P>
If you are using Windows download a package with a .zip extension, these packages have
Windows line feeds. For all other platforms download a .gz/.bz2 package.
</P>

<UL>
<LI> <B>Latest ACE+TAO Micro Release.</B> The latest micro release is ACE 6.5.11 and TAO 2.5.11
(ACE+TAO x.5.11), please use the links below to download it.<P>

<TABLE BORDER="4">
  <TR><TH>Filename</TH><TH>Description</TH><TH>Full</TH><TH>Sources only</TH></TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE+TAO.tar.gz</TD>
      <TD>ACE+TAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE+TAO-6.5.11.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.11.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.11.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.11.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE+TAO.tar.bz2</TD>
      <TD>ACE+TAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE+TAO-6.5.11.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.11.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.11.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.11.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE+TAO.zip</TD>
      <TD>ACE+TAO (zip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE+TAO-6.5.11.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.11.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.11.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.11.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-html.tar.gz</TD>
      <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-html-6.5.11.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.11.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-html.tar.bz2</TD>
      <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-html-6.5.11.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.11.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-html.zip</TD>
      <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (zip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-html-6.5.11.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.11.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE.tar.gz</TD>
      <TD>ACE only (tar+gzip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-6.5.11.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.11.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-src-6.5.11.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.11.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE.tar.bz2</TD>
      <TD>ACE only (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-6.5.11.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.11.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-src-6.5.11.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.11.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE.zip</TD>
      <TD>ACE only (zip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-6.5.11.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.11.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_11/ACE-src-6.5.11.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.11.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>

<LI> <B>Latest ACE+TAO Minor Release.</B> The latest minor release is ACE 6.5.0 and TAO 2.5.0
(ACE+TAO x.5.0), please use the links below to download it.<P>

<TABLE BORDER="4">
  <TR><TH>Filename</TH><TH>Description</TH><TH>Full</TH><TH>Sources only</TH></TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.gz</TD>
      <TD>ACE+TAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.bz2</TD>
      <TD>ACE+TAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE+TAO-6.5.0.zip</TD>
      <TD>ACE+TAO (zip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.gz</TD>
      <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.bz2</TD>
      <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-html-6.5.0.zip</TD>
      <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (zip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-6.5.0.tar.gz</TD>
      <TD>ACE only (tar+gzip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-6.5.0.tar.bz2</TD>
      <TD>ACE only (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>ACE-6.5.0.zip</TD>
      <TD>ACE only (zip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>

<LI> <B>Latest CIAO Micro Release.</B> The latest <A
    HREF="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DOCGroup/CIAO/master/VERSION">version</a>
of the CIAO micro release is available for
    download below.  <P>

<TABLE BORDER="4">
  <TR><TH>Filename</TH><TH>Description</TH><TH>Sources only</TH></TR>
  <TR><TD>CIAO.tar.gz</TD>
      <TD>CIAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/CIAO/releases/download/CIAO-1_3_9/CIAO-1_3_9-src.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/CIAO-1_3_9-src.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>CIAO.tar.bz2</TD>
      <TD>CIAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/CIAO/releases/download/CIAO-1_3_9/CIAO-1_3_9-src.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/CIAO-1_3_9-src.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>CIAO.zip</TD>
      <TD>CIAO (zip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/CIAO/releases/download/CIAO-1_3_9/CIAO-1_3_9-src.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/CIAO-1_3_9-src.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>

<LI> <B>Latest DAnCE Micro Release.</B> The latest <A
    HREF="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DOCGroup/DAnCE/master/VERSION">version</a>
of the DAnCE micro release is available for
    download below.  <P>

<TABLE BORDER="4">
  <TR><TH>Filename</TH><TH>Description</TH><TH>Sources only</TH></TR>
  <TR><TD>DAnCE.tar.gz</TD>
      <TD>DAnCE (tar+gzip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/DAnCE/releases/download/DAnCE-1_3_9/DAnCE-1_3_9-src.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/DAnCE-1_3_9-src.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>DAnCE.tar.bz2</TD>
      <TD>DAnCE (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/DAnCE/releases/download/DAnCE-1_3_9/DAnCE-1_3_9-src.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/DAnCE-1_3_9-src.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD>DAnCE.zip</TD>
      <TD>DAnCE (zip format)</TD>
      <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/DAnCE/releases/download/DAnCE-1_3_9/DAnCE-1_3_9-src.zip">HTTP</A>]
          [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/DAnCE-1_3_9-src.zip">FTP</A>]
      </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>

</UL>

<P>
  Older versions of ACE+TAO are also available via HTTP at  <A
  HREF="https://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions">this location</A>
  . This location has a few of the previous major and minor
  releases. This location will house all major, minor, and micro releases
  distributed after ACE+TAO-5.2+1.2.
</P>

  <H3>Other Sources for ACE+TAO</H3>

<UL>
  <LI>The ACE+TAO git repository can be browsed
    <A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/">
      via the web</A>.
  </LI>
  <li>ACE+TAO source code may be obtained from the
    <a href="http://htmlpreview.github.com/?https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/blob/master/ACE/ACE-INSTALL.html#power">Git repository</a>.</li>
  <LI>Commercially supported versions of ACE+TAO are available from
    <A HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html">several companies</A>.
  <LI>RPMs for CentOS, Fedora, Mandriva, RHEL, SLE, and OpenSuSE are available from the
    <A HREF="http://software.opensuse.org/search">Open Build Service</A>.
      <UL>
  <LI>Latest micro release
    <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/micro/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/micro/</A>
  <LI>Latest micro release with versioned namespaces
    <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/micro:/versioned/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/micro:/versioned/</A>
  <LI>Latest minor release
    <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/minor/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/minor/</A>
  <LI>Latest minor release with versioned namespaces
    <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/minor:/versioned/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/minor:/versioned/</A>
  <LI>Latest major release
    <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/major/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/major/</A>
      </UL>
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